Neurocognitive disorders, depression, and associated factors in younger and older adults from an urban-marginalized area of Peru. [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract INTRODUCTION In urban‐marginalized areas of low‐to‐middle‐income countries (LMICs), neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) and depression present significant public health issues, exacerbated by socioeconomic disparities. METHODS This study explores the prevalence and risk factors of NCDs and depression among 1064 community‐dwelling adults in an ...
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A descriptive analysis of Castellano loanwords into Muylaq' Aymara
Liames, 2013 Este artículo explora la adaptación morfológica y semántica de los préstamos del español regional andino (Castellano) atestiguada en Muylaq’ Aymara (una variedad de Aymara hablada en el altiplano andino del Perú).
Matt Coler, Edwin Banegas Flores
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Conflict, Claim and Contradiction in the New Indigenous State of Bolivia [PDF]
, 2012 Recent conflict between indigenous people and a self-styled indigenous state in Bolivia has brought to the fore some of the paradoxes and contradictions within the concept of indigeneity itself. The contemporary politics of state sponsored indigeneity in
Canessa, A
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Mountain Research and Development, 2022 The health of soil, a fundamental resource for life on Earth, is severely compromised by global environmental change. Evidence shows that the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and local communities influences sustainable land management, hence the ...
Julio C. Postigo, Sonia Laura Valdez
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Association between brain structure imaging and health factors in a low education cohort [PDF]
Alzheimers DementAbstract Background Dementia is rising globally, with a significant impact in Latin America. Low education has been associated with reduced cognitive reserve and structural brain changes, increasing vulnerability to neurodegeneration. However, the factors influencing these brain alterations remain an emerging area of research.
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Quando as fronteiras transnacionalizam as pessoas: repensar o transnacionalismo migrante na tríplice fronteira andina [PDF]
, 2018 This article derives from ethnographic studies developed in the Northern Chilean territories that lie adjacent to Peru and Bolivia. The research results suggest that the daily activities of transborder inhabitants generate frictions between the local ...
Lube Guizardi, Menara
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Nayaxa aymarätwa. y la Identidad Aymara en el Departamento de Puno, Perú
Medea, 2017 Este artículo relata, a través de las palabras de uno de sus ex-presidentes, Andrés Mauro Cruz Layme, la historia de la Unión Nacional de Comunidades Aymara (UNCA).
Domenico Branca +1 more
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Archaeology and autonomies: the legal framework of heritage management in a new Bolivia [PDF]
, 2011 The 2009 Bolivian Constitution significantly changed the structure of the state and paved the way for the creation of regional, local, and even indigenous autonomies.
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Fashion in Bolivia’s cultural economy [PDF]
, 2018 This article explores the development of Chola Paceña fashions in La Paz, Bolivia. It traces the social and political lineage of the distinctive pollera dress, and its role in traditions that continue to underpin Aymaran social networks and economies ...
Maclean, Kate
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Changes in the nutritional status of Bolivian women 1994-1998: demographic and social predictors [PDF]
, 2004 Introduction: Bolivia, as one of the poorest Latin American countries, has dealt with the problems of undernutrition for the last 50 y. Little importance has been given to the increase in overweight and obesity among the population, despite the ...
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